Ralph Waldo Emerson

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of read more

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of
religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, read more

What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of
religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled?
What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office,
or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered?
What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon?
What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What
lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not outseen? What
gentleman has he not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?